The family were seized by the so-called Islamic State group in the summer of 2014 when the militants overran the Sinjar area in northern Iraq, purging its Yazidi population.

Thousands of Yazidi women were enslaved by the militants, who killed hundreds of adult men and took boys including Emad away for military and ideological training. The United Nations has said it constitutes genocide.

Granted asylum in Canada, Nofa Zaghla is overjoyed that Emad is now with her and her four younger children.

And having lived through a nightmare, Emad is looking forward to a bright and happy future.